SO, Who would get hired?
Applicant A:
BA-Economics, semi-target, 2.3 GPA
FT:
-1 year as supply chain analyst at ($10B/year revenue) commodity trading firm.
-1 year as junior (Oil & Gas, Grain) analyst at same firm.
-1 year as a senior commodities buyer/scheduler at giant firm. (BP, Cargill)
Designations: CFA, CAIA, CPA
Applicant B:
BA-Economics, semi-target 2.3 GPA
Second (3 years later) BA-Financial Mathematics, target 3.9 GPA
Internship:
- 1 Summer, Operations intern, MM Oil firm
- 1 Summer, Commodities (Oil & Gas, Grain) analyst intern at a BB
- 1 Summer, Commodities trader intern at GS/JPM
Designations: CFA
Both applicants apply to be "FT Commodity Traders" at
Glencore, Goldman Sachs, Cargill, JPM, BP
Who would get hired? why?
This is a ridiculous question. If EVERYTHING else (i.e. contacts, demeanor, interview technique etc) are exactly the same (and seeing as I'm assuming this is about you I guess they will be) then I would hire A. Why would someone have 3 summer internships and not get hired from any of them - either he's unlucky and had better be able to spin it well or he's not very good.
Thank you everyone,
But could more of you please answer my question,
thank you
Could you please elaborate why you would hire A over B?
not sure how either would get hired with a 2.3 GPA............
Who does two BAs three years apart, is my question.
apparently OP thinks he can do another bachelors degree and get a 3.9 GPA to make up for his current shitty 2.3
hahahaha, surely he doesn't lift..
Why did this person take the CFA?
to make up for shitty GPA
you should rephrase your question and just ask straight up if its worth it to do a second degree to make up for your current shitty GPA. i doubt anyone would say thats a good idea, there are no guarantees that you'll be able to get a good GPA or a good job after completing your second degree, and the costs (both financial and in terms of opportunity costs) are tremendous.
besides, i'm sure most companies would be wondering: wtf why does this guy have 2 bachelors degrees?!
Thank you, I just wanted to play the scenario in detail (to avoid the answer : "it depends"). Thanks
If A is able to get that 3 years worth of experience despite having a 2.3 in ugrad. He clearly is competent enough even though a little crazy on designations. Person A without a doubt.
well no one can say for certain. another point to note, everyone here assumed that one would get hired. but in the real world there's a third option: neither.
Neither, both have such weird ridiculous resumes.
Think OP forget you need 4 years of work experience to get the charter. Also CFA designation doesn't help much for trading.
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